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print
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counterproof
Object Type
print
counterproof
Museum number
1891,0414.1304
Description
Sacra Conversazione, with St Bonaventure and St George; the Virgin and child seated at left before a plant arch; St Bonaventure kneeling in front of her; three women behind him; St George at right - with Rubens's feature - holding a flag, the dead dragon lying in foreground; St Jerome seated on the lion at left, an angel resting on his book; four angels above in the sky, one holding a palm, another one a crown of flowers; counterproof; after Peter Paul Rubens Etching
Producer name
Print made by:
Rombout Eynhoudts
After:
Peter Paul Rubens
School/style
Dutch
Production date
1640-1680
Materials
paper
Technique
etching
Dimensions
Height:
267 millimetres
(trimmed)
Width:
203 millimetres
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments
For the original etching see R,3.103. For another counterproof (with colouring by Joshua Reynolds) see 1885,0509.1578. After the painting by Rubens in Antwerp, Chapel of Rubens's Mortuary Monument, Church of St Jacob.
Bibliographic references
Schneevoogt 1873 / Catalogue des estampes gravées d'après P.P.Rubens
(70.49)
Hollstein / Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts c.1450-1700
(5)
Location
Not on display
Subjects
virgin and child with saints
Associated names
Representation of:
Virgin Mary
Representation of:
Jesus Christ
Representation of:
St Bonaventure
Representation of:
St George
Representation of:
St Jerome
Portrait of:
Peter Paul Rubens
(as St George)
Acquisition name
Purchased from:
Charles Fairfax Murray
Acquisition date
1891
Department
Prints and Drawings
Registration number
1891,0414.1304